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More than 68K km travelled in first e-scooter season
By KENDALL KING on November 26th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat and Bird Canada’s e-scooter pilot program has had a successful first season, Bird Canada chief operating officer Alex Petre says. Launched in May, the one-year program aims to provide Hatters aged 16-plus with an alternative mode of transportation to move throughout the city. While Bird Canada has not yet ... Read More »
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By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2022
The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta is helping to support local non-profit organizations and charities with pandemic recovery efforts through its new Community Services Fund launching Jan. 6, 2023. Stemming from a one-time federal pandemic recovery investment of $400 million, the funding is available to non-profit organizations, charities and Indigenous governing bodies across the country. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Be The Change Award winner honoured for empowering women, girls
By Medicine Hat News on November 26th, 2022
Hatter Danielle Skogen has been named Medicine Hat Police Service’s November Be The Change Award recipient for her work empowering girls and women from Alberta to Ethiopia. Raised in Medicine Hat, Skogen left the city to attend post-secondary school, graduating with a Bachelor of Education in 2011. She then worked as a teacher in Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MHPL seeks marginal funding increase for 2023
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 26th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The Medicine Hat Public Library is calling for minimal new funding in 2023, but says $50,000 in additional money from the City of Medicine Hat would bolster staffing levels to a manageable level and transform an onsite social worker position from part to full time. That is to help address “societal” pressures on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility relief amounts will change to meet price peaks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 25th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A provincial program to pay a portion of high power bills will continue until the early spring, a city committee heard Thursday, but the amounts provided will change. The province originally dedicated $50 monthly payments to every single-connection residential and small commercial utility bill in Alberta last spring, and eventually extended that until December. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Holiday Market at Police Point Park goes Dec. 3
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2022
Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting a Holiday Market at Police Point Park from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 3. Held in the park’s Interpretive Centre, the market will feature goods from an array of local artists and artisans, including pottery, handmade toys, jewelry, bath and body products and more. Make sure to check ... Read More »
1 responseStriving toward cultural intelligence
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com About 20-25 people got together at Omahksipiitaa (Big Eagle) in the new extension at Medicine Hat College on Wednesday evening to discuss intercultural communication. Yusuf Mohammed, a director of the Connection Intercultural Association, said, “With the world coming together we’ve seen a huge gap because we don’t assess cultural intelligence, so we are struggling ... Read More »
1 responseHot Chocolate Fest raising money for Santa Claus Fund
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com The inaugural Hot Chocolate Fest is taking place now in Medicine Hat. It began Nov. 18 during Midnight Madness and will run through Dec. 18. The fest is being hosted by Nosh in Kolab. Owner Kole Van Maarion said, “I’d seen it in other communities. The Santa Claus Fund is a charity that is ... Read More »
1 responsePremier Smith in the Hat today to talk Highway 3 twinning
By Medicine Hat News on November 25th, 2022
At 1 p.m. today, Premier Danielle Smith and the Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors, Devin Dreeshen, will provide an update on the twinning of Highway 3. The press conference will take place at Delta Irrigation at 2730 Gershaw Drive SW. The conference will be livestreamed at alberta.ca/news as well as on Premier Smith’s Facebook ... Read More »
1 responseFree mini quilting workshop at TREX Space on Dec. 3
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 25th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A free workshop is taking place at TREX Space called Intuitive Mini Quilting led by Grace Wirzba (gwirzba.wixsite.com). Wirzba is a Lethbridge-based artist and has created the exhibition, which is on display at TREX Space now, called Pretend Foraging in Sleeved Blankets. Wirzba will be in Medicine Hat on Dec. 3 and will be ... Read More »
1 responseCity seeks $1M from province from fines, unpaid taxes
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 25th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City council will make formal and informal inquiries about $1 million the province could make available to the municipality from the government’s unpaid portions of local property tax and traffic fines collected in the Hat. Thursday’s meeting of the corporate service committee dealt with a recurring item to write off bad debt from the ... Read More »
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